Today, I’d like to introduce you to Diamond Drop – a quilt I made for Love Patchwork & Quilting magazine, Issue 39.
Diamond Drop is a lap-sized quilt made using paper piecing techniques, which makes it easy to get perfect diamonds without having to worry about cutting the pieces at different angles. I made Diamond Drop using purples, teals, and mustard yellows from the Sunprint 2016 collection by Alison Glass.
I debated a lot on the quilting. I considered doing different quilting designs in the background, diamonds and inside the diamonds. In the end, simplicity won out and I finished the quilt with an overall diagonal grid on the same angle as the diamonds.
Diamond Drop is back from the magazine and settling nicely into her forever home.
26 comments
I love the modern simplicity of this quilt. And your color choices are so cheerful and bright. The quilting choice is perfect.
Awww, thank you Cynthia! It’s always a dilemma for me deciding on each part of the quilt. Thanks for noticing the details!
I love this, Nicole. What a beautiful quilt
I get this magazine. I should hunt it down and find your pattern.
I have been crazy busy lately. So much going on, but I do find time to sew
Congratulations on getting in a magazine and
Thanks, Rosemary! Making time to sew can be a real challenge. Kudos to you for fitting it in!
Beautiful as always, Nicole!
Thanks, Diana!
That is really pretty. Love the quilting too.
Thanks, Mary!
Congratulations on the publication! The angled quilting compliments the design nicely, and the bright colors pop against the white. So nice that it’s back home and settling in. I do wonder about the adventures quilts have when they are away…
Thanks, Yvonne! Some of my quilts have traveled more than I have!
This quilt pattern and colours are gorgeous!!!
Thanks, Michele!
a great quilt, design colours and quilting work in harmony with each other
Thanks, Margaret! I like how you phrased it: harmony. That’s what I strive for. That all the pieces will somehow “fit” together. Thanks for noticing:)
Love the colors and quilting! Great design! Congrats on being included in the publication!
Thanks, Paige! It’s an honor to be in LP&Q!
Lovely quilt Nicole! Love the jewel-like colours and the simple design! Very modern!
Thanks, Susan! I aim for simplicity on many levels!
Great design. Love the colours!
Thanks, Ada! Aren’t the Sunprints fantastic?!?
Just beautiful! What an impact the luscious colors of those big diamonds make.
Thanks, Karen! The Sunprints were a great palette to work with!
What a gorgeous quilt, Nicole! Congrats on being published!!
Thanks, Meredithe! It’s an honor to be in LP&Q!
Nicole, congratulations on having your beautiful quilt published in the magazine. Your quilting choice was a perfect fit!
Thanks so much, Marla! I’m honored to be in LP&Q!
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